Comments on: How Can We Prevent People From Abusing Heroin?

By: cameron0

cameron0 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:21:29 +0000

I don’t have my sources near me, but I have written enough on this subject to know it by heart. Almost 30 years ago the US and Holland took two entirely different approaches to the Heroin problem in their countries. The US made laws more strict, while the Dutch provided needles and a safe quite place for them addicts to shoot up as long as they didn’t bother anyone. Before these two different approaches went into affect the average heroin user was 25 in both countries. Now in the US the average heroin user is 19, with many 8th graders trying the drug for the first time and in Holland the average user is 35. I think the answer is pretty self explanatory.

By: snapdrag

snapdrag — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:24:23 +0000

Better security to stop it coming into the country in the 1st place. Thy even smuggle it into prison

By: roy_glen

roy_glen — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:05:30 +0000

If it wasn’t Heroin, it would be something else!
Some people are just hooked on taking drugs.

By: Rob M

Rob M — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:13:16 +0000

I don’t really know Sammi but our schools in this part of the country teach the danger’s of taking drugs of all kinds. It doesn’t seem to help a lot because so many of our young people dont pay attention or really dont care. Our jails are so over crowded that new jails all around are having to build new jails or adding to the old ones and people are stealing every where to buy their drugs. I dont believe anyone has a real answer to your question.

By: IHateLau

IHateLau — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:09:47 +0000

pay attention to them enough so that they don’t have to turn to something that will eventually harm them.

By: Rocker Chick

Rocker Chick — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:44:10 +0000

The only way would be to stop the importation of the drug into the country. Which is probably impossible.
It’s just the temptation thing, it’s like trying to teach abstinence to high-schoolers, it’s just not going to happen.

By: SravanSo

SravanSo — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:11:11 +0000

We really can’t, we can just educate them about heroin….even then there isn’t much we can do.

By: Simone

Simone — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:06:03 +0000

i didn’t know people abuse heroines…. i thought they r objects of fantasy…. i don’t think people abuse them unless they r in some way related to them… or else it may be the possibility that… people want to prove them wrong in front of someone…. in order to avoid there childrens or relative from exposing them selves by wear short skirts… or open top ..etc

By: whitehai

whitehai — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:20:33 +0000

The same way we try to prevent any drug and alcohol abuse. I work as a prevention and intervention specialist in elementary through high school. I provide education about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, but more importantly in my mind, I teach children coping skills, social skills and refusal skills. I also teach about the addictive process. Children who have been impacted by a family member’s substance abuse or domestic violence are statistically at greater risk of developing a substance abuse problem themselves. Therefore, intervention with these children is crucial.

By: polymyxi

polymyxi — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:48:23 +0000

Perhaps educating people may help. The illusion of a high from heroin, methamphetamine, alcohol or anything addictive will always be there. We need to teach people from infancy that getting high and dropping out is not the solution to there problems. As long as people think that they are “different” and “it can not get hooked “, the drug usage will continue as always. once they get sick and tired of being sick and tired try and direct them to a program like NA or AA and pray that they get there before they get to the morgue.